The National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected Kellina Craig-Henderson, PhD, to serve as assistant director of its Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) Directorate. Craig-Henderson had been serving as acting assistant director since January. She also previously served in other leadership roles at NSF, including the deputy assistant director for the SBE Directorate and the deputy division director of the directorate’s Social and Economic Sciences Division.
Northwestern University has presented the Martin E. and Gertrude G. Walder Award for Research Excellence to Adam Waytz, PhD. Waytz is a professor of management and organizations at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern. The award recognizes his pivotal work studying how people engage with others’ humanity and how best to address societal challenges such as loneliness and polarization.
The American Medical Association (AMA) has chosen Idalia Massa-Carroll, PhD, to serve on its AMA Guides Editorial Panel to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, which provides guidance for treating patients who have suffered an injury or illness resulting in long-term loss of a body part or reduction of body function. She is the first psychologist to serve on the panel and will bring important equity, inclusion, and diversity perspectives as a bilingual psychologist of color. Massa-Carroll is the owner of Colorado Psychological Services, a private practice specializing in rehabilitative care.
Washington State University (WSU) has named Tammy Barry, PhD, as its vice provost for graduate and professional education. Barry has served on the WSU faculty for 7 years. She also serves as the director of WSU’s clinical psychology doctoral program and has been associate dean of the graduate school since 2019.
The University of Maryland, College Park, has named Susan Rivera, PhD, as dean of the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences. Rivera was previously a professor and chair of the psychology department chair at the University of California, Davis.
Sharen Barboza, PhD, has joined the National Commission on Correctional Health Care Board of Representatives as APA’s liaison. The commission works to support and improve the quality of health care in jails, prisons, and juvenile facilities. Previously, Barboza was vice president of mental health at Centurion Health, one of the nation’s largest providers of correctional health and mental health care services.
The Department of Veterans Affairs has chosen Gayle Y. Iwamasa, PhD, to lead its Suicide Prevention and Response Independent Review Committee. Iwamasa leads a multidisciplinary team that is conducting a comprehensive review of the department’s efforts to address and prevent suicide among service members and veterans. Iwamasa was previously the National Director of Inpatient Mental Health Service in the Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Professor Steven Hayes, PhD, of the University of Nevada, Reno, has won the 2022 Regents’ Career Distinguished Researcher Award from the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents. Hayes is a founder of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science and is known internationally for the development of acceptance and commitment therapy, an evidence-based form of psychotherapy.